Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a courtyard garden. Which edibles will tolerate less than ideal growing conditions. Discovering how veggies can grow in partial shade.

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Fruits of Labour

An eventful day yesterday, Leo won a 2nd place in our Jubilee street party. Here he is with his Pearly King costume. He managed to keep the hat on for the whole time, with the aid of some strong elastic under his chin and pieces of chicken on his nose!

Meanwhile thing are starting to happen. These Gooseberries are coming along nicely.

Broad Beans are further along than I had anticipated. It must be all this rain!

the pearly costume looks such fun!I always think it is great when first fruits start to come in... I am eagerly awaiting first tomatos... and your gooseberries make me wish I had space for a bush or two, me thinks I need a bigger allotment, and the time to manage it!

I feel so inadequate! My broad beans are about 5 inches high and battered by pea and bean weevil. Sigh. Have loads of chive flowers though - they grow in huge amounts through my gravel path. So pretty.

Your fruit and veg are well ahead of mine, I was pottering in the garden yesterday and my strawberries are coming through, no tomatoes or broad beans, though there are flowers ther and Guess what, I haven't mentioned it on my blog yet - but both my father and I have our own allotment too. He has an apple tree on his and I have a gooseberry bush :) LOokign forward to growing for sure.

Did Matron make this pearly outfit? I was in London at the right time for a day of the Pearly Kings & Queens one year. Glad Leo can join in there now. I found blossoms and more of your tomato sprouts when I returned, but no actual tomatoes, nor pumpkin sprouts. Giant slugs are out in full force. And cold weather.

About Me

I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com